Interview with Maureen Johnson, Author of Death at Morning House

All About Agatha Christie

Catherine Brobeck & Kemper Donovan

Arts, Books, Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Take comfort, for Maureen Johnson is back on the podcast to talk about her newest (standalone) YA mystery novel, and to talk about the nature of YA mystery itself! You can find out more about Maureen and check out all her brilliant books at her website here. You can pre-order Loose Lips, the second book in my Ghostwriter Mysteries series, here in the United States. To visit and subscribe to the podcast's Patreon page, click here. Visit the podcast on Twitter and Instagram. Visit me personally on Facebook at Kemper Donovan Books, or at my author website. You can buy my debut mystery novel, The Busy Body, at your bookseller of choice (make it an indie if you possibly can) in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia and New Zealand.

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0:00.0	Welcome to All About Agatha, the podcast dedicated to reading and drinking every single mystery novel written by the Queen of Crime Dame Agatha Christie.
0:14.9	I am Kemper Donovan, and on this episode, I am bringing you an interview that I did with Y.A. Mystery author, Maureen Johnson.
0:24.9	This is not Maureen's first time on the podcast. It's her second time on the podcast. But she is one of my
0:29.9	favorite authors currently writing, YA. Mystery. And this is officially the second episode in my
0:36.2	ongoing series about YA. Mystery, a topic near and dear to many of your hearts and certainly to mine and certainly to Marines.
0:46.2	And while we're on the topic of hearts, it feels strange mere days after an extremely consequential election here in the United States, not to mention that
0:56.4	my heart feels very heavy. I know that Maureen does as well. She is very outspoken politically
1:02.9	on social media. So I'm not divulging anything. You couldn't easily find out yourself.
1:08.6	This is also not a political podcast. So I will leave it at that,
1:13.2	but I wanted to acknowledge that this is a hard time for some people out there. For others,
1:17.9	it's not. But if it is, I hope that this interview helps you a little bit. At the very least,
1:24.4	by way of diversion, but perhaps by way of engagement, which would be even better.
1:29.1	And now, let's get on with the interview.
1:39.8	The author Maureen Johnson came onto this podcast nearly two years ago at the end of 2022 to discuss the truly devious series.
1:48.9	Her fabulous set of YA mysteries featuring her teen detective protagonist Stevie Bell.
1:55.2	There are currently five novels in that series, and Maureen is back this year with a standalone mystery titled Death at Morning
2:02.1	House. It came out toward the end of this summer, so it is currently available for purchase.
2:07.1	One of my favorite things about the truly devious series was the way you could tell it was
2:12.2	inspired by Maureen's love of classic mysteries, specifically Agatha Christie mysteries.
2:17.3	And happily, this love is very much
2:19.3	on display. If anything, it's more on display in death at Morning House. So I am super excited to talk
2:25.4	about this book and also to talk about YA mystery in general, which is a topic that we have been
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